Brightening Southwest Baltimore’s holidays

A huge lights display on more than a dozen southwest Baltimore homes is back.

A mother and daughter team up every year to manage the massive display of balloons, candy canes and holiday lights, and this year, it has grown a few houses.

“I’ve been watching this for years,” Keith Bagley, a neighbor, told WMAR as he stopped with his grandchildren to see the lights, “and every year this gets greater and greater.”

Ida Fliggins, also known as Miss Mae, is a daycare operator by day, and during the holidays, she arranges the with daughter Amanda, who decorates professionally.

“I just want to put a smile on everybody’s face,” said Fliggins, “Not just a child- adults need to smile too. We all need to laugh. We all need to smile and grin.”

“It’s wonderful, it brings good cheer to the neighborhood,” said Amanda Stokes, “that’s why we do this, for the community. So the kids in our area can also get the same cheer, they don’t have to drive anywhere, they can walk here and see the festive neighborhood.”

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